diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ip2location/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ip2location/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..81280a81ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ip2location/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl }:
+
+let version = "7.0.0"; in # meta.homepage might change after a major update
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "ip2location-${version}";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    sha256 = "05zbc02z7vm19byafi05i1rnkxc6yrfkhnm30ly68zzyipkmzx1l";
+    url = "http://www.ip2location.com/downloads/ip2location-${version}.tar.gz";
+  };
+
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  doCheck = true;
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    inherit version;
+    description = "Library to look up locations of host names and IP addresses";
+    longDescription = ''
+      A command-line tool and C library to find the country, region, city,
+      coordinates, zip code, time zone, ISP, domain name, connection type,
+      area code, weather, MCC, MNC, mobile brand name, elevation and usage
+      type of any IP address or host name in the IP2Location databases.
+    '';
+    homepage = http://www.ip2location.com/developers/c-7;
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3Plus lgpl3Plus ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ nckx ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index ad101845741..2cb56037541 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -6686,6 +6686,8 @@ let
 
   intltool = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/intltool { };
 
+  ip2location = callPackage ../development/libraries/ip2location { };
+
   irrlicht = callPackage ../development/libraries/irrlicht { };
   irrlicht3843 = callPackage ../development/libraries/irrlicht/irrlicht3843.nix { };